Family Time Essay

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Family Time As the years go by slowly but surely quality family time is becoming less important. Family time now-a-days consist of the children playing on their computers, texting or talking on their cell phones, or sitting in front of the television playing video games, while their parents are watching television, or too busy working. Spending time doing family activities together is not as important to some families and more. Parents do not realize what quality family time does for children, it affects almost every aspect of their lives and helps mold them into the adults they will eventually be. At first glance this picture may seem like a family just sitting around watching a movie together, but there is so much more to it. The sky is clear and the night is beautiful. As the family of four lounge around on their back patio enjoying a movie you can see the happiness upon their smiling faces. By the way that the family is dressed and not covered with blankets, one could assume that the weather is fairly warm out. They are sitting out on the wooden deck, enclosed by a dark brown wooden fence, with a background that is a backyard full of tall leafy trees. The patio furniture is a brown wicker material with soft tan cushions on top. The two children are sprawled out on brightly colored pillows on the deck floor, with a huge bowl full of popcorn sitting in front of them. The parents are smiling at each other and genuinely enjoying each other company as they sit on one of the couches. Everyone is sharing and enjoying bowls are popcorn as the movie plays. Off to the side of the picture, under the dads feet lies the family dog, he is also staring up watching the movie. Also, the family is not just watching a movie on some boring television, but instead the movie is projected onto a big white sheet that is hanging on the side of the house. This picture makes me feel

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